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Francis E. Warren
Francis Emroy Warren (June 20, 1844 – November 24, 1929) was an American politician of the Republican Party best known for his years in the United States Senate representing Wyoming.
Warren was born on June 20, 1844 in Hinsdale, Berkshire County,...
Date of birth:
- Jun 20, 1844
Date of death:
- Nov 24, 1929 (age 85 years)
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Amos W. Barber
Dr. Amos Walker Barber (April 26, 1861 – May 19, 1915) was an American surgeon and politician. He was one of the first Governors of Wyoming after that state joined the Union in 1890.
Amos Barber was born in Doylestown, Bucks County, in Pennsylvania,...
Date of birth:
- Apr 26, 1861
Date of death:
- May 19, 1915 (age 54 years)
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John Eugene Osborne
John Eugene Osborne (June 19, 1858 – April 24, 1943) was an American physician, farmer, banker and Democratic politician. He was one of the first Governors of Wyoming after the Wyoming Territory attained statehood in 1890.
Osborne was born in...
Date of birth:
- Jun 19, 1858
Date of death:
- Apr 24, 1943 (age 84 years)
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William A. Richards
William Alford Richards (March 9, 1849 – July 25, 1912) was an American surveyor, rancher and politician. He was Governor of Wyoming from 1895-01-07 until 1899-01-01.
Richards was born in Hazel Green, in Grant County, Wisconsin, and educated there...
Date of birth:
- Mar 9, 1849
Date of death:
- Jul 25, 1912 (age 63 years)
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DeForest Richards
DeForest Richards (August 6, 1846 – April 28, 1903) was an American banker, farmer, and politician. He was the fifth Governor of the state of Wyoming, and the first to die while still in office.
Born in Charlestown, New Hampshire, Richards became...
Date of birth:
- Aug 6, 1846
Date of death:
- Apr 28, 1903 (age 56 years)
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Fenimore Chatterton
Fenimore Chatterton (July 21, 1860–May 9, 1958) was an American businessman, politician, and lawyer. He was the Acting Governor of Wyoming from April 28, 1903 until January 2, 1905.
Chatterton was born in Oswego County, New York, but raised in...
Date of birth:
- Jul 21, 1860
Date of death:
- May 9, 1958 (age 97 years)
Party:
Bryant Butler Brooks
Bryant Butler Brooks (February 5, 1861–August 12, 1944) was an American businessman, rancher and politician. He was Governor of Wyoming from January 2, 1905 until January 2, 1911.
Brooks was born in Bernardston, Massachusetts. He completed his basic...
Date of birth:
- Feb 5, 1861
Date of death:
- Aug 12, 1944 (age 83 years)
Party:
Joseph M. Carey
Joseph Maull Carey (January 19, 1845 – February 5, 1924) was a lawyer, rancher, judge, and politician, who spent most of his political career in Wyoming before and after it achieved statehood.
Carey was born January 19, 1845 in Milton, Delaware and...
Date of birth:
- Jan 19, 1845
Date of death:
- Feb 5, 1924 (age 79 years)
Party:
John B. Kendrick
John Benjamin Kendrick (September 6, 1857 – November 3, 1933) was an American politician who served as a United States Senator from Wyoming.
Kendrick was born near Rusk, Texas, where he attended the public schools, and then moved to Wyoming in 1879...
Date of birth:
- Sep 6, 1857
Date of death:
- Nov 3, 1933 (age 76 years)
Party:
Frank L. Houx
Frank Lee Houx (December 12, 1854– April 3, 1941) was an American politician, who served as Governor of Wyoming.
Houx was born near Lexington, Missouri, the second of five children of George W. Houx and Fannie (Price) Houx. The elder Houx served in...
Date of birth:
- Dec 12, 1854
Date of death:
- 1941 (age 86 years)
Party:
Robert D. Carey
Robert Davis Carey (August 12, 1878 – January 17, 1937) was born in Cheyenne, Wyoming and was an important political figure in the state of Wyoming. He was a Republican.
In 1919, Carey was elected Governor of Wyoming and served as such until 1923....
Date of birth:
- Aug 12, 1878
Date of death:
- Jan 17, 1937 (age 58 years)
Party:
William B. Ross
William Bradford Ross (December 4, 1873–October 2, 1924) was born in Dover, Tennessee to Ambrose B. Ross and Sue (Gray) Ross.
As a young lawyer in Dover, Ross met Nellie Davis Tayloe while she was on a visit to her relatives. The two married a year...
Date of birth:
- Dec 4, 1873
Date of death:
- Oct 2, 1924 (age 50 years)
Frank E. Lucas
Frank E. Lucas (August 4, 1876 – November 26, 1948) was an American politician who served as the governor of Wyoming from 1924 until 1925. He was a Republican. He was born in Grant City, Missouri.
Upon the death of Governor William B. Ross in 1924,...
Date of birth:
- Aug 4, 1876
Date of death:
- Nov 26, 1948 (age 72 years)
Nellie Tayloe Ross
Nellie Tayloe Ross (November 29, 1876 – December 19, 1977) was an American politician, the governor of Wyoming from 1925 to 1927, and director of the National Mint from 1933-1953. She was the first woman to serve as governor of a U.S. state. To date...
Date of birth:
- Nov 29, 1876
Date of death:
- Dec 19, 1977 (age 101 years)
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Frank Emerson
Frank Collins Emerson (26 May 1882 – 18 February 1931) was the Governor of the US state of Wyoming from 1927 until his death.
Born in Saginaw, Michigan, he earned a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from the University of Michigan in 1904.
Emerson...
Date of birth:
- May 26, 1882
Date of death:
- Feb 18, 1931 (age 48 years)
Alonzo M. Clark
Alonzo Monroe Clark (August 13, 1868 – October 12, 1952) was an American politician who was Governor of Wyoming from 1931 to 1933.
Clark was born in Flint, Indiana. He was raised and educated in Nebraska after his family moved there from Indiana....
Date of birth:
- Aug 13, 1868
Date of death:
- Oct 12, 1952 (age 84 years)
Leslie A. Miller
Leslie Andrew Miller (January 29, 1886 - Sep. 29, 1970) was an American politician who served as the governor of Wyoming from 1932 until 1939. He was a Democrat.
Leslie Miller was born in Kansas. In 1892, his family moved to Wyoming. He served in...
Date of birth:
- Jan 29, 1886 (age 124 years)
Nels H. Smith
Nels Hansen Smith (August 27, 1884 - July 5, 1976) was an American politician who served as the governor of Wyoming from 1939 until 1943. He was a Republican.
Born and reared in South Dakota, Smith moved to Wyoming in 1907 and subsequently was...
Date of birth:
- Aug 27, 1884
Date of death:
- Jul 5, 1976 (age 91 years)
Lester C. Hunt
Lester Callaway Hunt (July 8, 1892–June 19, 1954) was a Democratic politician and dentist from the U.S. state of Wyoming. He served as governor of Wyoming from 1943 to 1949 and as United States Senator from January 3, 1949 until his suicide on June...
Date of birth:
- Jul 8, 1892
Date of death:
- Jun 19, 1954 (age 61 years)
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Arthur G. Crane
Arthur Griswold Crane (September 1, 1877 – August 11, 1955) was an American teacher and politician. He was Acting Governor of Wyoming from 1949-01-03 until 1951-01-01.
Born in New York, Crane attended Carleton College and Teachers College, Columbia...
Date of birth:
- Sep 1, 1877
Date of death:
- Aug 11, 1955 (age 77 years)
Party:
Frank A. Barrett
Frank Aloysius Barrett (November 10, 1892 – May 30, 1962) was an American soldier, lawyer and politician. He is best known as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate, and as Governor of Wyoming....
Date of birth:
- Nov 10, 1892
Date of death:
- 1962 (age 69 years)
Party:
Clifford Joy Rogers
Clifford Joy "Doc" Rogers (December 20, 1897 - May 18, 1962) was an American politician who served as the governor of Wyoming briefly from 1953 until 1954. He was a Republican.
Rogers also served as State Treasurer of Wyoming twice (1946-1950, 1958...
Date of birth:
- Dec 20, 1897
Date of death:
- May 18, 1962 (age 64 years)
Milward L. Simpson
Milward Lee Simpson (November 12, 1897 – June 10, 1993) was an American politician who served as a U.S. Senator and as governor of Wyoming.
Simpson was born in Jackson, Teton County, Wyoming. He attended the public schools of Wood River, Meeteetse,...
Date of birth:
- Nov 12, 1897
Date of death:
- Jun 10, 1993 (age 95 years)
Party:
John J. Hickey
John Joseph Hickey (August 22, 1911–September 22, 1970) was an American politician who served as a U.S. Senator from Wyoming.
Born in Rawlins, Carbon County, Wyoming, Hickey attended public schools and graduated with a law degree from the University...
Date of birth:
- Aug 22, 1911
Date of death:
- Sep 22, 1970 (age 59 years)
Party:
Jack R. Gage
Jack R. Gage (January 13, 1899—March 14, 1970) was an American politician who served as the Democratic governor of Wyoming from January 2, 1961, to January 7, 1963.
Gage was born in Worland in Washakie County in north central Wyoming. In 1924, he...
Date of birth:
- 1899
Date of death:
- 1970 (age 71 years)
Clifford Hansen
Clifford Peter Hansen (October 16, 1912 – October 20, 2009) was a Republican politician from the American state of Wyoming. He served as both governor (1963-1967) and U.S. senator (1967-1978). Earlier, he was the president of the board of trustees...
Date of birth:
- Oct 16, 1912
Date of death:
- Oct 20, 2009 (age 97 years)
Party:
Stanley K. Hathaway
Stanley Knapp Hathaway (July 19, 1924–October 4, 2005) was a U.S. Republican politician who served as Governor of Wyoming from 1967—1975. Thereafter, he served four months as the United States Secretary of the Interior.
He was born in Osceola in...
Date of birth:
- Jul 19, 1924
Date of death:
- Oct 4, 2005 (age 81 years)
Party:
Edgar Herschler
Edgar Jacob Herschler (October 27, 1918 - February 7, 1990), popularly known as "Gov. Ed", was the Democratic governor of the usually Republican U.S. state of Wyoming from 1975 to 1987. Herschler built a personal appeal to voters based on charisma,...
Date of birth:
- Oct 27, 1918
Date of death:
- Feb 7, 1990 (age 71 years)
Party:
Mike Sullivan
Michael John Sullivan, known as Mike Sullivan (born September 22, 1939, in Omaha, Nebraska) is a former two-term Democratic Governor of Wyoming, having served from 1987–1995.
His father, J. B. Sullivan, moved the family to Douglas, to open a law...
Date of birth:
- Sep 22, 1939 (age 70 years)
Party:
Jim Geringer
James Edward "Jim" Geringer (born April 24, 1944) was the 30th Governor of Wyoming. Geringer was raised on a farm in Wheatland, Wyoming. He attended Kansas State University and was a member of Triangle Fraternity, earning a degree in mechanical...
Date of birth:
- Apr 24, 1944 (age 65 years)
Party:
Dave Freudenthal
David Duane Freudenthal, or Dave Freudenthal (born October 12, 1950), is the current Governor of Wyoming. A Democrat, he was reelected to his second term on November 7, 2006, and is term-limited in the 2010 election.
The Wyoming Supreme Court has...
Date of birth:
- Oct 12, 1950 (age 59 years)
